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Battle Creek, MI vs Decatur, IL

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- Decatur has 29% less violent crime than Battle Creek.
- Decatur has 11% less property crime than Battle Creek.
 Battle Creek, MIDecatur, ILUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock31.422.7
 Property Crime53.2  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 14 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 17 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Battle Creek, MichiganCrime Index
 Level Park-Oak Park, MI17.7
 Burlington, MI19.5
 Marshall, MI19.6
 Athens, MI19.6
 Tekonsha, MI24.7
 Springfield, MI25.8
 Brownlee Park, MI29.75
 Homer, MI31.4
 Albion, MI48.15
 Battle Creek, MI48.6

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